There are two supreme pleasures in life. One is ideal, the other real. The ideal is when a man receives the seals of office from his Sovereign. The real pleasure comes when he hands them back.

The nation which is satisfied is lost. The nation which is not progressive is retrograding. 'Rest and be thankful' is a motto which spells decay. The new world…

It is beginning to be hinted that we are a nation of amateurs.

Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colorless photography of a printed record.